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Sleeping problems?- here’s a cure
Children can be grumpy sometimes. As a new mother, this can easily drive you insane and sink you into depression because unlike an adult, your baby is not able to explain to you what is irritating them. This brings to mind Amanda Nyarongi, an adopted mother to baby James. When she took James from a…
Omega 3 – A lifetime of good health
What is Omega-3? These are groups of fatty acids characterised by the presence of double-bonds in the alpha carbon chains. The two important groups are the Omega- 3 and Omega-6, due to the location of the double- bonds in the molecule. They then constitute the polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) Source They are not synthesised and…
Peanut butter, banana, and berry salad
Ingredients 2 medium bananas, sliced 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 cups shredded lettuce 1 cup sliced strawberries. 1/4 cup chopped peanuts For peanut butter dressing 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla or plain yoghurt 2 tablespoons orange juice Instructions Combine all the dressing ingredients in a blender and process…
Teach your child to Save
From an early age, kids get a fascination about money and its buying power, the ability it possesses to earn them their desires. Though they have not fully realised the concept of owning money, saving and budgeting, as a parent you need to teach your child how to keep a share of the allowance they…
Fever – what to do with the chills
Fever is not a new word to parents. Most children will get fever at some stage. It remains the biggest cause of hospitalization among children. Fever is defined asĀ a rectal temperature of over 38.0Ā°C. Often, temperature readings taken at other parts of the body are lower. Fever itself is not life-threatening unless it is extremely…
Writing a will-the must have content to protect your child
‘The Kenyan law does not allow you to disinherit (write a will that excludes your child from acquiring your property)’ The discussion about your will mostly makes you feel like someone is walking over your future grave; some cold air at the back of your neck and feelings of vainness about life. Well, as uncomfortable…
Thud. Then what?
Neville and his friends were playing the ‘perching bird’- competing to climb to the top of a tree in the shortest time possible. Unfortunately, he stepped on a weakened branch and down he came, landing with a big thud. The fortunate thing was that the tree was only 2m high so the injuries were minor.…
NO PLEASE! When your baby says a regular no to food
In the previous edition of Pregnant, we discussed why some babies refuse to be fed by their mothers, sometimes preferring auntie’s (nanny’s) feeding. We now focus on babies who refuse to eat irrespective of who feeds them. There are foods which we, as adults, loathe to taste, let alone eat, irrespective of where they are…
Common mistakes mothers make with newborns
When you take your bundle of joy home fromĀ the hospital, it is inevitable you will not doĀ everything right. Paediatricians were askedĀ about the five most common mistakesĀ parents make with their newborns. Here were theirĀ responses: Letting a newborn sleep through the night. āOne of theĀ things that make me cringe is when parents say to me,Ā ‘The first night…
Junk- Striking it out of your house
One downside of modern living and changing lifestyle is obesity resulting from lack of activity and unhealthy eating habits in children. ResearchĀ findings indicate that obesity in children has reached epidemic levels in the developed countries and the third world is quickly catching on with this trend. As children grow, their bodies needĀ to be nourished with…
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